Cyanobacteria and cyanophage contributions to carbon and nitrogen cycling in an oligotrophic oxygen-deficient zone

CA Fuchsman, HI Palevsky, B Widner, M Duffy… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Up to half of marine N losses occur in oxygen-deficient zones (ODZs). Organic matter flux
from productive surface waters is considered a primary control on N2 production. Here we …

Anoxic chlorophyll maximum enhances local organic matter remineralization and nitrogen loss in Lake Tanganyika

CM Callbeck, B Ehrenfels, KBL Baumann… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In marine and freshwater oxygen-deficient zones, the remineralization of sinking organic
matter from the photic zone is central to driving nitrogen loss. Deep blooms of photosynthetic …

[HTML][HTML] Planetary Homeostasis of Reactive Nitrogen Through Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation

G Zhu, B Lan, S Liu, CM Callbeck, S Wang, L Jiang… - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The availability of nitrogen (N) is crucial for both the productivity of terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems globally. However, the overuse of artificial fertilizers and the energy required to …

Interactions between anaerobic ammonium and sulfur‐oxidizing bacteria in a laboratory scale model system

L Russ, DR Speth, MSM Jetten… - Environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fixed nitrogen is released by anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) and/or
denitrification from (marine) ecosystems. Nitrite, the terminal electron acceptor of the …

The microbial nitrogen cycle

BB Ward, MM Jensen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen (N) is an essential element in biological systems and one that often limits
production in both aquatic and terrestrial systems. Due to its requirement in biological …

A comparison of two 16S rRNA gene-based PCR primer sets in unraveling anammox bacteria from different environmental samples

P Han, YT Huang, JG Lin, JD Gu - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Two 16S rRNA gene-based PCR primer sets (Brod541F/Amx820R and A438f/A684r) for
detecting anammox bacteria were compared using sediments from Mai Po wetlands (MP) …

Diverse nitrogen cycling pathways across a marine oxygen gradient indicate nitrogen loss coupled to chemoautotrophic activity

EA Suter, MG Pachiadaki, E Montes… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic markers and geochemical assays of microbial nitrogen cycling processes, including
autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrification, anammox, ammonia oxidation, and nitrite …

Further analysis of anammox bacterial community structures along an anthropogenic nitrogen-input gradient from the riparian sediments of the Pearl River Delta to the …

P Han, JD Gu - Geomicrobiology Journal, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The community structures of anammox bacteria in sediments along an anthropogenic
inorganic nitrogen input gradient were further delineated with the newly available …

Dark N2 fixation: nifH expression in the redoxcline of the Black Sea

JB Kirkpatrick, CA Fuchsman, EV Yakushev… - Aquatic Microbial …, 2018 - int-res.com
Fixed nitrogen is a limiting nutrient in many marine environments. Only a subset of the
microbial community has the ability to fix dinitrogen gas (N 2). Here, we document the …

Interplay between microbial community composition and chemodiversity of dissolved organic matter throughout the Black Sea water column redox gradient

S Suominen, GV Gomez‐Saez, T Dittmar… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large quantities of carbon are stored in marine dissolved organic matter (DOM), and its
recycling has a major effect on the carbon cycle. Microbes are responsible for turnover of …